Ridiculous – now we are awarding students with “prizes” worth tens-of-thousands of dollars for something they are supposed to be doing anyway? YOUR ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE!! You attend school for your own benefit – not to win a prize. What do we start awarding kids for next: “Hey, you got a B in math and that’s better than the C you got last year – 0 you win an all-paid expenses trip to Cancun!” “Hey, you didn’t get pregnant in the 10th Grade like all your friends, you win a set of new Jet-Skis!” “Hey, you’ve never been arrested for doing crystal-meth, that’s terrific, you just won $10,000!!”.